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The Bcliadule referred to in these Letters Patent and -making part of the sama.

To all whom 'it lita/y concern:

- Be it known that I, PETER DOLAN, of the city of Carbondalecounty of Luzerne, and State of vPenn- Sylvania, have invented a new and improved Snap to Hook, or Snap-Hook, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My snap-hook is to be made of malleable or wroughtiron, or other metal, and its advantages are, that it obviates the use of a spring to the snap, which is sup plied by the lever B; that the semicircle, acting upon the lever B, tightens the snap in exact ratio as the train upon bit or line increases; that the shoulder4 or knob upon lever preventsl the snap from opening by the jerking or oscillating motion of ring of bit constantly forcing the ring from the point of opening;

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The hook A, in combination with the curved level` `B and. shoulder D, for locking said lever, all constructed,

arranged, and operated as and for the purpose set forth.

PETER DOLAN. Witnesses:

J. M. POOR,` H. B. J ADWIN, Jr. 

